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Johnson & Johnson's CEO says crucial coronavirus vaccine data will come by early next week

Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, takes the stand as a witness in New Jersey Supreme Court in New BrunswickWe'll know if a single-dose coronavirus vaccine works by early next week, Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said Tuesday.If successful, J&J plans to deliver 100 million doses to the US by the end of June.The world is days away from getting crucial results on one of the most important coronavirus vaccines in development.

If successful, J&J will still need to apply for and receive emergency authorization from US regulators. That process took just under three weeks for the two previously authorized vaccines, meaning J&J's vaccine could be OK'd in late-February andOut of all the frontrunners, J&J's shot touts the simplest logistics. It's a one-dose vaccine that can be kept stable at typical refrigerator temperatures for several months.

So far, the US has authorized two coronavirus vaccines respectively developed by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. Both vaccines are two-dose regimens. Nearly 20 million Americans have now gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with federal officials having sent about 41 million doses to states,

 

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